Moving!

We signed on the condo today! We’re so excited. We sure have been busy since then. We had the car loaded with Dennis's computer equipment when we went to the title company to sign papers. We went straight to the condo and unloaded it and walked through the place and oohed and awed over our new home. Back to the apartment we went to fill the car with plastic bags, the truck was already full. We unloaded both vehicles at the condo and then back to the apartment we went for 12 boxes of BOOKS! How? How do we still have have 12 boxes of books when we got rid of hundreds of books in the past two moves? I needed those boxes emptied so I can pack the kitchen tonight. At least as much as I can. Tomorrow we have friends with three more pick-up trucks coming to help us move boxes and little stuff. We've hired a company called "Firefighters on the Move," who will move the big stuff. Dressers, fireplace, bookcases, table and chairs, etc. 

My china cabinet won't fit on the wall it needs to go on, so we're going to have to try to sell it. We'll have the firefighters move it to the garage at the new place. There is a small possibility that the lady across the hall here might have a friend that wants to rent our unit. If so, we'll see if she wants to keep the china cabinet and we would just give it to her. We are still under a lease for five more months that we have to pay rent, electric and insurance until, or if, it's rented. The building has a lot of empty units because they raised the rent a lot at the beginning of the year.  If Karen's friend moves in here to be closer to her, that would help us save a LOT of money. 

Here are a few photos of our apartment today! I had seven huge black bags of yarn!

This is what it looks like at this moment. We have 12 empty paper boxes that we took books out of at the condo this afternoon. Now I'm filling them with dishes and food. Isn't that cabinet pretty? I'm sad to leave it behind.

I started my fall diamond painting on Tuesday and finished it late last night. I wanted to get it done before we started moving so it wouldn't get damaged. A great way to store them is to roll them up and put them inside of a paper towel roll. This really is pretty, especially from a distance.

I also started another crocheted shawl with "I Love This Yarn" in the Jazz Stripe colorway. This was some  of the clearance yarn that I got last month. I only paid $1.24/per skein.

What a fun and exciting weekend we're going to have. Ha! One of the residents at the new building came over this afternoon while we were unloading and explained the secure entry procedures and showed Dennis about the furnace, water heater and water shut-offs. It sounds as if everyone in our building is around our age and he said it's a very quiet building. I think we'll fit in well. He told me about a ladies tea that is being held next Tuesday. Although that's the day the firefighters are moving us, so I won't be able to go. So there will still be some things going on at our new place! That's nice to know.

By the way, the "Firefighters on the Move" moving company was founded by two paramedics.  They hire only firefighters and police officers who work on their days off. They have wonderful reviews and I guess you can't be any safer can you? They even tell you to make sure you keep essential medications and a first aid kit readily available! :-) You can tell they're paramedics.

I'll be back again soon. Take care!

Blessings and love,
Betsy